Combined mop head and wringer.



E. V. OLANDER.

COMBINED MOP'HEAD AND WRINGER.

APPLICAHON FILED 0cT.2|.191e.

1 ,230,208. Patented June 19, 1917.

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ERNEST V. OLANDER, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED MOP HEADAND WRIN'GER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1917.

Application filed October 21, 1916. Serial No. 126,913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST V. OLANDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in a Combined Mop Head and Wringer, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a combined mop head. and wringer, and has for an object to provide a device of this'character with means for stretching" the mop cloth and simultaneously'twisting the cloth from end to end during the stretching operation.

Another object of the presentinvention is to provide a mop head and wringer with means for'preventing the bunchingor knotting of the cloth during the twisting action, thus insuring the wringing of the cloth uniformly from end to end. 7 V

The invention also aims at the provision of a combined mop head and wringer embodying these features, and which comprises but few parts easily operated, and which are so assembled that no unnecessary projections are formed, and the mop cloth maybe used and adjusted in the ordinary manner.

Other objects and advantages of this. invention, as well as the above, will be more clearly brought out in the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a mop head and wrlnger constructed according to the present invention, part of the handle being shown in section and the parts being adjusted for doubling the mop cloth.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the movable mop supportdrawn backwardly from the head and the. free end of the cloth slightly twisted.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken'on the line 33 of Fig. 1, and looking'in'the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on. the line H of Fig. 1, showing the connection between the handle and the movable supporting member; 1

Fig. 5 is a'detail perspective view of the guiding finger and its attaching ferrule.

' Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the head of the'mop, showing the position of the guiding finger thereon.

Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the to guide the bail in its movement.

rotary cloth support and the bracket arm in which the same is mounted.

Referring to this drawing, wherein like parts are designated bysimilar numerals of reference throughout the several views, 10 designates a handle which may be of any suitable length, and which is provided preferably in its underside with a longitudinal slot or groove 11. The slot 11 extends from the lower end of the handle 10 upwardly a short distance, equal substantially to the length of a mop cloth. A rack bar 12 is seated in the groove 11 and may be in the form. of a separate bar, as shown in the drawing.

The lower end of the handle 10 is provided with a mop head, the same comprising handle 10. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the

shank 14; is curved downwardly or laterally of the handle10, and in the direction of the slot 11. The T-head 13 is therefore projected beyond one side of the handle 10. A bail 16 is engaged across the head 13 and has its side slidably engaging in recesses 17 formed in the opposite ends of the head 13 The inner end of the bail 16 is connected to an intermediate portion of a locking lever 18, the latter being pivoted upon the shank 14 and adapted to be swung upwardly and over against the shank to lock the bail 16 yieldingly against the head. A mop cloth 19 is returned upon itself and has its free ends overlapped. The free ends, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, are placed against the head 13 and behind the bail 16. The tightening of the bail thus binds the free ends of the mop to the head. The ferrule 15 is provided at one side with a downwardly offset and'rearwardly extending finger 20 which is of considerable length and provided with a lower straight edge lying substantially in parallelism with the handle 10.

A sleeve 21 is mounted to slide longitudinally on the handle 10 and has at one side a depending ear 22, and in its bottom a longitudinally extending slot 23 adapted to register with the longitudinal groove 11 in the thereto a gear wheel 21, the gear wheel 24:

projecting into the slot 11 and holdingthe sleeve 21 from turning about the handle. The gear wheel 24 also meshes with the rack bar 12 and is rotated upon the longitudinal movement of the sleeve. .A bevel gear structure without departing from the spirit .of this invention, and bemg restricted only "by the scope of the following claims.

25 is preferably formed integrally with the gear wheel 24 and is located at one side thereof, opposite to the ear 22. A bracket 26, substantially of the formof a -yoke, is provided at one side with a relatively long flat arm'pivotally connected tothe outer side of the ear 22. The-bracket 26 extends forwardly, and across the gear 24. The opposite arm or side of the bracket is in the form of a cylindrical bearing 27 which rotatably supports'the.spindlei28 of a rotary mop cloth engaging member 29. The member 29 is in the form of a fiat laterally extending loop open at its inner side, as at 30 to freely receive the looped ends .of the mop cloth 19, therein. A second bevel pinion 31 is fixed upon theinner end of the spindle 28 at the inner end of-the bearing 27. The pinions 31 and 25 intermesh and when the gear wheel 24 is rotated the pinions impart a turning movement to the spindle 28 and to the adjacent end of the mop cloth .19. The bracket 26 is pivotally mounted on the car .22 on the same center as that of the pinion 25, the bracket being permitted to swing downwardly beneath 'the handle 10' during the driving of the spindle 28. The pivotal bracket 26 permits the mop cloth 29 to hang down freely between the head 13 and the point of pivotal support of the bracket. When the sleeve 21 is forced downwardly over'thehandle .10 into the position shown in Fig. 1,=the finger 20, which is rounded at its end, engages the upper edge of the bracket 26 rearwardly of its pivotal support and swings the forward end of the bracket upwardly into substantially parallelism withzthe handle 10. The finger 20 also supports the-bracket in this position andholds the loop 29 immediately beneath the head 13, looping the mop cloth'19, as shown.

lVhen it is desired to wring the cloth '19, it is only necessary to grasp the sleeve 21 and draw the same rearwardly over the handle 10. The movement of the sleeve carries the gear wheel 24 over the rack'bar 12, rotating the gear wheel and through the pin 'ions 25 and 31 rotates the loop 19. The finger 20 releases the bracket 26 and the latter swings downwardly into line with the adj acent end of the mop cloth. The mop cloth thus is twisted uniformly from end to end and is prevented from bunching or ,knotting which occurs when the loop 29 is .held in substantially parallelism with the handle 10.

.Inthe practical embodiment of the device the parts are so proportioned that the loop adjacent to the head 13 so'as to hold the mop cloth. in doubled or overturned position, and to hold the same compactly together for use.

Various changes andmodifications may be made in the above specifically described I claim:

1. In a mopythe combination of a handle, a head on the handle adapted to support one end of amop cloth, alongitudinal'ly slidable support on the handle, a shaft rotata'bly mountedin'the support and adapted for en gagement with theopposite end of said mop cloth, and a gear element on the shaft for connection with the'handlezto'turn the shaft and twist the cloth uponthe movement of the support.

' 2. In a mop, the combinationof a handle having a head'thereon for engagement with one end; of the mop cloth, a bracket pivotally supported from said handle, and a rotatable shaft mountedin sai c'lbracket and adapted for engagement withthe opposite end of the mop cloth to twist't'he same, said bracketbe'ing adapted'to swing into various angles'relativelyto'the handle to follow the looping of the cloth duringthe twisting of the same. v

3. In a mop, the combination of a handle having a head thereon for engagement'with one end of amop cloth, a longitudinally movable support mounted. on'the' handle and having a pivoted part, a shaft rotatably mounted in the pivoted part and adapted for engagement with the opposite end of said mop cloth, said support being adapted to be shifted to stretchsaid mop. cloth, and said pivoted part being adapted to swing andlfollow the looped mop cloth during the movement of the support, and a connection between the handle and the shaft for rotating the latter and twisting the cloth during the stretching of the same.

4. In a mop, the combination of a handle having a head thereon for engagement with one end of a mop cloth, a support slidably mounted on the handle, .a bracket pivotally connected with said support, ,a shaft rotatably mounted in said bracket and adapted for engagement with the opposite end I of the mop cloth, .and means on the handle adapted to'turn said shaft toltwistthe mop cloth upon the sliding movement of said support. 7

5. In a mop, the combination with a handle having a head thereon for engagement with one end of a mop cloth, a sleeve mounted to slide longitudinally on thehandle, abracket pivoted-to the sleeve,.a"1nopengaging loop mounted for rotation in the bracket, said loop being adapted for engagement with the opposite end of said mop cloth, and means between the mop-engaging loop and the handle for turning 'the loop upon the sliding movement of the sleeve,-

said bracket being adapted to follow the loop of the cloth during the twisting of the same.

6. In a mop having a head and a handle adapted to carry a mop cloth, the combination of a sleeve mounted to slide longitudinally on the handle, a yoke pivoted at one side to one side of the sleeve and having a bearing in its opposite side, a mop-engaging loop having a spindle portion engaging in said bearing, a gear wheel pivoted on said sleeve, a pinion connection between said gear wheel and said spindle, and means on said handle engaging the gear wheel to turn the same upon the movement of said sleeve.

7. In a mop, the combination of a handle provided in one side with a longitudinally extending groove, a rack bar seated in said groove, a head carried on the lower end of said handle and extending laterally therefrom in the direction of said groove, means on the head for engaging one end of a mop cloth, a sleeve mounted to slide longitudinally on said handle and provided at one side With an ear and in its lower side with a slot in registry with the groove, a gear Wheel pivoted to said ear and projecting into the slot for holdingthe sleeve from turning on the handle and engaging said rack bar to turn the gear wheel, a bracket pivoted on said ear, a mop-engaging loop mounted for rotation in the bracket and having engagement with the free end of said mop cloth, and a connection between said gear wheel and said mop-engaging loop to turn the latter upon the movement of the sleeve, said bracket being adapted to swing beneath the handle and follow the looping of the mop cloth.

ERNEST V. OLANDER.

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